Name: Kalona Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.50-5.00 lower, Dairy steers 2.25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,555	217.23	3,378	35
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,536	202.64	3,113	8thin
Dairy Steers	Select	Average	1,375	177.57	2,442	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,335	244.96	3,270	125
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,261	237.32	2,993	41
Heifers	Select	Average	1,016	235.99	2,398	6thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,060	248.53	2,634	16
Steers	Choice	Average	1,477	244.82	3,617	211
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,316	238.88	3,143	82

Every lot, as filed

11 lots · USDA AMS · Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	ChoiceHeavy Weight	—	1,764	242.98/cwt	235.00–248.00	4,286	6
Steers	Choice	—	1,469	244.87/cwt	241.00–250.00	3,597	205
Heifers	Choice	—	1,335	244.96/cwt	241.00–248.50	3,270	125
Steers	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	—	1,216	241.40/cwt	230.00–243.00	2,935	18
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,536	202.64/cwt	190.00–209.00	3,113	8
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,344	238.17/cwt	230.00–240.50	3,201	64
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,261	237.32/cwt	230.00–242.00	2,993	41
Steers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,060	248.53/cwt	237.50–272.50	2,634	16
Heifers	SelectReturn to Feed	—	1,016	235.99/cwt	225.00–244.00	2,398	6
Dairy Steers	Select	—	1,375	177.57/cwt	175.00–180.00	2,442	2
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,555	217.23/cwt	210.00–222.00	3,378	35

How this sale compares

Iowa weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Kalona Livestock Slaughter Cattle Auction - Kalona, IA

Thu Sep 11, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Des Moines, IA (LS-NW)

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Slaughter cattle sale today: Compared to last week. Choice steers and heifers 4.50-5.00 lower, Dairy steers 2.25 lower. Trade active. Demand good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,764	235.00–248.00	242.98
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	1,469	241.00–250.00	244.87
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,216	230.00–243.00	241.40
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,344	230.00–240.50	238.17
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,060	237.50–272.50	248.53
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,335	241.00–248.50	244.96
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,261	230.00–242.00	237.32
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,016	225.00–244.00	235.99
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,536	190.00–209.00	202.64
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,375	175.00–180.00	177.57
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,555	210.00–222.00	217.23

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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